Oppn Meet Attendees Disagree with AAP's Cost In opposition to Cong on Central Ordinance
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The Aam Aadmi Social gathering’s shrill indictment of the Congress over alleged apathy in direction of the central ordinance difficulty appeared to have few takers amongst these current on the latest opposition assembly in Patna.
At the least 5 leaders, who represented their respective events at Friday’s assembly hosted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, appeared unimpressed with the AAP going right into a sulk over the ordinance, which seeks to curtail the powers of the Delhi authorities.
“It is vitally unlucky that the AAP appears to be wanting on the difficulty by means of the prism of rivalry with Congress in Delhi and Punjab,” mentioned CPI(ML) Liberation basic secretary Dipankar.
He asserted that it was incorrect on AAP’s half to say in an official assertion that the Congress “refused” to oppose the ordinance on the assembly, regardless of being requested to take action by “many events”.
“All events have been unanimous within the condemnation of the ordinance. However the AAP management should place the problem in a broader context. It's concerning the assaults on the Structure and the precept of federalism by the BJP authorities, a motive why all of us buried our variations and joined arms," mentioned the Left chief.
“I'd admire the maturity proven by our pals from Jammu and Kashmir, who did recall with ache that AAP had voted in favour of the invoice, in Parliament, that stripped the northern state of its particular standing, its statehood and its integrity,” Dipankar mentioned.
The Left chief additionally mentioned he had requested the AAP delegation to remain again for the press convention after the assembly.
“They didn't agree to take action. However we're glad that general, the assembly remained fruitful," the CPI(ML) Liberation chief mentioned.
Notably, the AAP delegation, comprising Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chaddha, boarded the return flight instantly after lunch, and the social gathering got here out with a press release voicing its “suspicions” over the Congress’ “intentions”.
CPI basic secretary D Raja, a veteran chief who was amongst these current on the assembly, additionally agreed that “all events, with out exception, did criticise the ordinance”.
“The Congress, too, was with us in criticising the ordinance which goals at snatching energy away from an elected authorities. Possibly, all events current on the assembly will vote in opposition to a invoice searching for to interchange the ordinance. The Congress may be taking its personal time to make a public announcement to the impact," Raja mentioned.
He additionally took exception to a piece of the media utilizing the phrase “boycott” to explain AAP’s stance and asserted that “Kejriwal and his colleagues have been current all by means of the assembly and had lunch with us. They did go away early due to different engagements elsewhere”.
Related views have been expressed by Folks’s Democratic Social gathering chief Mehbooba Mufti, one of many two delegates from Jammu and Kashmir, the opposite being Omar Abdullah of the Nationwide Convention.
“Arvind Kejriwal did elevate the problem of the ordinance on the assembly. No one flinched from criticising the ordinance. I additionally didn't maintain a grudge in opposition to his social gathering having voted in favour of scrapping of Article 370. Although the agenda of the assembly was opposition unity,” she mentioned.
One other attendee of the assembly, Rajiv Ranjan Singh “Lalan”, nationwide president of Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), famous that the ordinance was “by no means the primary agenda. Although Arvind Kejriwal is entitled to have a private opinion and act on the identical”.
The BJP has expressed glee over AAP’s tantrums as evidenced by a press release issued quickly after the assembly.
Former Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi claimed, “An indignant Kejriwal refused to hitch the press convention….. the assembly is a flop. Leaders like (RJD president) Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar who had fought the Congress throughout Emergency at the moment are aligning with the identical social gathering."
Lalan, nevertheless, identified, “It was not the Congress, per se, that we have been preventing in opposition to. We have been preventing in opposition to the assault on democracy and the Jana Sangh, the BJP’s earlier avatar, was with us in that struggle. Now that they're responsible of the identical offence, we should struggle in opposition to them. Nitish Kumar had vowed to defeat the BJP upon snapping ties with that social gathering. On Friday, all events lent help to his drive”.
Kumar’s deputy Tejashwi Yadav, who's Lalu Prasad’s youthful son and inheritor obvious, averted giving out an excessive amount of on the exchanges with AAP however asserted that “there was no bitterness proven by anyone. All points have been mentioned in a cordial method and all events agreed to satisfy once more in Shimla to take the struggle in opposition to fascist forces ahead."
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